Feeder for shot-separators



(No Model.)

A. EUSTON.

I FEEDER FOR SHOT SEPARATORS.

Patented June 9, 1885.

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ALEXANDER EUSTON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FEEDER FOR SHOT-SEPARATORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,684, dated June 9,1885.

Application filed December 9, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER EUSTON, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inFeeders for Shot-Separators, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective View of my improved feeder. Fig. 2 is a transverse verticalsection, and Fig. 3 a detail section illustrating the manner ofoperating the valve or slide.

My invention relates to an improved feeder for shot-separating tables;and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a box, into which the shot isdischarged from or as it comes from the cooling apparatus. It issupported on a bed-plate, B, which may be the upper shelf of theseparating-table. The table is not shown, as its construction is wellknown, and nothing is claimed therein. The box has wheels or rollers G,that fit on angle, T, or other suitable rails, D, to permit the easymovement of the box back and forth, which is caused by a shaft, I,having a crank, J, to which the box is connected by a pitman, L, and adrive-pulley, M; or it may be moved back and forth by other suitablemeans. The

rails D are made fast to the base-plate B. The bottom of the box isinclined toward the front, as shown, so that all the shot will bedischarged from it through a slot, N, in the front wall of the box. Tothe box opposite the slot is secured a L -shaped plate, 0, havingperforations or openings 0', and next to this plate, preferably betweenit and the box, so as to be held in place, is a sliding plate or valve,P, with openings 1?, operated by a thumb-screw, '1, (see Fig. 3,) or byother suitable means. By moving the plate B the size of the openings 0may be increased or decreased to regulate the feed of the shot.

I claim as my invention In a shot-feeder, the combination of the boxhaving a discharge opening or slot formed ,in its vertical front wall, afixed perforated plate of J l shape in transverse section, socured tothe box opposite the slot, a movable perforated plate locatedbetw'eenthe fixed plate and the box, a set-screw for adjusting themovable plate, and mechanism for reciprocating the box, the bottom ofsaid box being inclined from the back downward toward the front,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ALEX. EUSTON. In presence of GEO. H. KNIGHT, SAML. KNIGHT.

